India: Mumbai introduces ban on single-use plastic | DW English

In India, the city of Mumbai has introduced a ban on single-use plastic. Regular offenders face a three-month jail sentence and high fines. Environmentalists have hailed the measure, but many question how it is to be implemented.
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[hrishikeshdeore]

Not only mumbai whole maharashtra state is under plastic ban.

[lisacreamer]

Yes that is right keep India beautiful XXXX

[prakashmistry]

Well done, Save environment, say no to any kind of plastic

[richardgoode]

Less plastic of a use in every product.

[Amitsa]

I hope other states also follows this norm.

[gvaanang]

if u stop using plastic means, what is the future of capitalism, , , ,

[enkisonofanu]

Tell the customers to re-use their old plastic bags instead of throwing them in the street or buy a recyclable green bag. In the Philippine, a shop will put cigarettes in a bag, medicine in a bag, meat in a bag and then put everything else is again placed in one bag. Vegetable markets are the worse because every item is put in a separate bag then most of the bags end up in the sewage system or the water drains which gets choked. When a typhoon arrives, the water washes everything into the rivers dumping all the plastic on the beach or the ocean. There are places so thick with the rubbish and junk, people build their shanty house on top.

[vysakhhari]

What happens to aquarium owners then
How would they pack ornamental fishes ???

[Kamath.venkat]

Customers should carry a bag, as simple as that. Ban Single use plastic worldwide.

[josephsmith]

2:40 LOL... Put lemons in pockets... Me: Yeah, I will take two lemons and one cucumber. Shop employee: Paper or Plastic?? Me: Neither, I will just put them in my front pockets... LOL... How do I Look?